Khaitan vs Al Arabi SC match preview

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Competition: Kuwait Premier League
Competition: Mon 17.May
Match begins: 17:20 (UTC)
Venue: Khaitan Stadium (3000 seats)

The season has been a rollercoaster for these teams so far, the highs and lows leading to mid-table positions so far. Let's get ready for Khaitan - Al Arabi SC!

Insights:
  • Khaitan have the most conceded goals in the first half (25) in Premier League
  • Al Arabi SC is in the best form (4-2-0)

It's no vacation for neither Khaitan nor Al Arabi SC as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.

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Khaitan form and stats

When playing at home in the Premier League, Khaitan have managed 2 wins, 2 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 7 games.

Khaitan enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Al Salmiyah's place. The match ended 3-0.

Before that game, the 4-2 home victory against Al Nasar.

Khaitan have scored 4 league goals here from 7 matches, not a lot. 10 goals have been conceded.

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Al Arabi SC form and stats

3 wins, 4 draws and 0 losses. That’s the product of Al Arabi SC playing as the away team in the Premier League this season. In general it has been a productive period now for Arabi as they haven't lost any of their last 17 games.

Arabi had fun at their own home (Khaitan Stadium) last time out, beating Al Sahel 3-0. Al Arabi SC delivered their win in the match against Al Sahel already in the first half, and could slow the play down in the final 45 minutes to ensure the glorious victory. A solid performance!

Before that one, a nice away victory 5-1 at Al Fahaheel.

Arabi are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 10 away goals from 7 games (in the league). It's not easy to score on Al Arabi SC as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Al Arabi SC - Khaitan 3-0 entered in the official records. Khaitan-Al Arabi SC H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Khaitan one win, Al Arabi SC eight wins, one draw. eight of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

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Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
31 16 4 Played P 5 15 31
8 3 1 Won W 3 9 19
7 3 1 Drew D 2 6 8
16 10 2 Lost L 0 0 4
36 15 5 Scored S 11 31 57
64 34 7 Conceded C 2 13 32
94% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 93% 94%
87% 81% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 80% 74%
65% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 47% 58%
42% 38% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 33% 32%
26% 31% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 27% 23%
55% 56% 75% BTTS BTTS 40% 60% 55%
19% 19% 25% Clean Sheets C S 60% 40% 35%
32% 31% 0% Failed to Score F T 20% 7% 16%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2 2 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2.2 2.2
4 3 2 Red cards R C 1 3 4
 
6.4 6.2 5 Shots (avg) S ( 12.2 10.4 10.6
2.4 2.1 1.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.5 5.4 4.9
35% 37% 71% Goal Efficiency G E 45% 40% 39%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Al Arabi SC have not yet lost a game away.
  • Al Arabi SC have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • Al Arabi SC have scored at least twice as many goals away as Khaitan have scored home.
  • Al Arabi SC is in the best form (4-2-0)
  • Khaitan have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Khaitan have the most conceded goals in the first half (25) in Premier League
  • Khaitan have the most conceded goals in the second half (37) in Premier League

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Al Nasar 14 10 2 2 26 5 6 5 1 0 12 2 8 5 1 2 14 3 21 32
2 Al Qadsia 14 10 2 2 28 14 7 6 0 1 13 5 7 4 2 1 15 9 14 32
3 Al Salmiyah 14 8 5 1 30 13 6 3 2 1 17 8 8 5 3 0 13 5 17 29
4 Kazma 14 8 4 2 22 10 6 4 2 0 13 4 8 4 2 2 9 6 12 28
5 Al Kuwait 14 7 3 4 25 16 8 3 2 3 12 9 6 4 1 1 13 7 9 24
6 Al Arabi SC 14 6 4 4 19 17 7 3 0 4 9 13 7 3 4 0 10 4 2 22
7 Al Shabab 14 6 4 4 19 18 7 2 3 2 8 10 7 4 1 2 11 8 1 22
8 Al Fahaheel 14 5 3 6 12 12 8 3 3 2 8 7 6 2 0 4 4 5 0 18
9 Khaitan 14 5 3 6 16 26 7 2 2 3 4 10 7 3 1 3 12 16 -10 18
10 Al Sahel 14 5 2 7 14 15 7 1 1 5 4 7 7 4 1 2 10 8 -1 17
11 Burgan 14 4 5 5 13 16 7 1 1 5 4 10 7 3 4 0 9 6 -3 17
12 Al Jahra 14 2 5 7 13 20 7 1 3 3 9 10 7 1 2 4 4 10 -7 11
13 Yarmouk 14 2 2 10 22 36 8 0 2 6 10 21 6 2 0 4 12 15 -14 8
14 Al Tadhamon 14 2 2 10 14 31 7 0 2 5 4 11 7 2 0 5 10 20 -17 8
15 Al Sulaibikhat 14 1 2 11 9 33 7 0 0 7 5 23 7 1 2 4 4 10 -24 5

Read more about Premier League

The Kuwait Premier League is the top division of the Kuwaiti football pyramid. It was founded in 1961 and has been dominated by the three teams Al-Qadisiya, Al-Arabi and Al-Kuwait. Ten teams play 38 fixtures each to create a final league table. The bottom two teams are relegated.